File photo. A seismograph machine needle drawing a line depicting seismic and earthquake activity.
A preliminary 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck Saturday evening in the South Bay, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The quake, centered about 5.4 miles north of San Juan Bautista, and about 6.2 miles south-southeast of Gilroy, shook at 8:49 p.m., the USGS said.
No other information was immediately available. Updates to come.
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